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Angela’s Fascists

  • Posted on May 7, 2018May 8, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Review of Kill All Normies by Angela Nagle, originally published in Medium on October 19th, 2017.  Is there something about the internet which brings out the worst in people? It’s a question one has reason to consider every day. But a new book by Angela…

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Empathy for the Devil

  • Posted on May 7, 2018May 8, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Review of The Rage by Julia Ebner, originally published in Progress magazine on October 5th, 2017. The Rage – out today from IB Tauris – is part dedicated to the memory of Jo Cox, the slain member of parliament who suffered the kind of death…

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Foxhole Theologians, or The Theory and Practice of Salafi-Jihadism

  • Posted on May 7, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Review of Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea by Shiraz Maher, originally published in Progress magazine on June 9th, 2016. A master terrorist is debating with a subordinate over some point of strategy in their bunker. The sheikh narrows his eyes, and after careful consideration remarks:…

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Thomas Frank’s Angels and Demons

  • Posted on May 7, 2018May 8, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Review of Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank, originally published in Prospect magazine on March 15th, 2016. One of the notable features of this carnival of bunkum we agree to call the US presidential election, with its insurgent candidates and controversial rhetoric, is how none of…

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